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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Time flies when you're havin' fun, right? It's hard to believe that 1 year ago today I saw my sweet baby girl R for the first time. For 8 1/2 months, I wondered whether or not she'd look like her big sister. I could only imagine what her personality would be like. Would she have brown or blue eyes? The list goes on and each day I would start to learn more and more about her.

I promised myself that I wouldn't do what everyone says they do with their 2nd child and not take as many pictures. I've done my best this first year but I do have to agree that it's hard with all the activity, and hustle & bustle of a multi-child household and full time working mom.

I hoped to have 75% of her 1st year scrapbooked and preserved by now. I'm a far cry from that. Not only am I so far from that goal but now I'm even more behind on Rheagan's book. I think I need to get away for a weekend scrapbooking retreat with my girlfriends and SOON! In the meantime, I'm going to print contact sheets so I can figure out pics, make my sketches and take a few days off and just devote it to playing a little catch-up. Maybe I'll start with Baby R's 1st birthday party pics and work backwards. Then again, maybe not.

Speaking of Baby R's 1st birthday, we celebrated a few days early this past weekend. Great food, awesome family, fun times and TONS of pictures to scrapbook!

Thursday, October 22, 2009

OMG, these cards are so cute! I can't take credit for designing them but I did make these. As part of National Stamping Month, CTMH (Close To My Heart) came out with this oh so cute card kit. It included everything needed to create 16 cards, including the stamp set, inks, paper, ribbon and metal embellishments (case bases and envies too). It is what inspired me to take a stab at making hand-made Christmas cards this year for friends and family (photos coming soon)! Take a look at the cards below. Wait 'til you see what else I have in store this holiday season.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

I've got my priorities in order and with that I am feeling so inspired! I've been so good at dedicating time for my family. We've done some FABULOUS things together this year and I've captured photographic memories of them. What I haven't done is preserve them through my passion for scrapbooking. I've also got a history of being the "QUEEN OF UNFINISHED PROJECTS" when it comes to scrapbooking. I've got the layouts but no title, or I have the layout but need to print the photos, or the layouts are missing the embellishments that tie it all together ... you get the picture. Well guess what??? I am reinventing my scrapbooking, I'm embracing social media and I'm going to make Close To My Heart a crucial part of making sure I fulfill this promise to myself and my customers are going to benefit!

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